The story you told was really inspirational - it was a fantastic way of telling us that if you get your mind right, you can achieve anything. We refer back to it in training sometimes - I think it's really stuck with us.
Rewind to 2nd March 2009 – Rugby League team Warrington Wolves had lost their opening 3 Super League matches live on Sky Sports. Tagging on their results from the end of their 2008 campaign, the Wolves had notched up run of 8 Super League losses in succession - failing to win a competitive match since August 2008.
With high profile International players and big name signings from Australia, the gulf between expectations and performance could not have been broader.
Fast-forward to the 29th August 2009 and Warrington Wolves have won the prestigious Carnegie Challenge Cup Final at Wembley – the first time they have brought the prestigious piece of silverware back home since 1974....